There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.

~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

We were watching a couple of our grandsons last week. I was working in the other room. It was quiet where they were–sometimes a dangerous sign. When I walked in, however, there was our 10-year-old grandson totally immersed in a book. I love that sight!

I have a shelf of children’s books in my office. Some are in pristine condition, hardly been opened. Others are so worn they are falling apart–evidence of a child’s love.

It probably doesn’t come as any surprise to you that children gain attachment for certain books. Give them a choice, and they’ll select these books for Mom or Dad to read to them…over and over, the same books. It’s a little maddening.

Here’s a great quotation by Oscar Wilde:

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”

I received notification today that Charly James had posted one of my Grandma Bubbles Books on her Google+ page. Thank you, Charly, for helping to get the word out about this series of books that help make reading fun and intriguing for beginning readers. Here’s the link:

I’m a substitute teacher. Yesterday I subbed in a sixth grade class. When I was faced with the challenge of filling some extra time, I invited the students to play charades. We divided into groups of four and each group was instructed to pick one of their favorite books and then think of a way of acting it out so that the class could guess which book they had chosen.

The room erupted into enthusiastic chatting, giggles, shrieks and movement. It was delightful to watch them practicing their little acts–and then to watch the “performances.” Each person was involved and engaged. What fun!

We’re very pleased to announce that the first two of my Secret Worlds Books are now available on Amazon, I Book Store, Google Books and Kobo–and soon on Nook. Secret of Bombastic Bertha and the Bamboozles and Return of the Schmurthies are written for the junior readers, ages 8-11, in mind. Full of adventure, fun, humor and mystery, the Secret Worlds Books are a romp into the imagination. We hope you will enjoy them!

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things.